An Italian general made a fortune from a gay-bashing book, while a Greek male model earned tens of thousands eating bugs on TV, but new MEPs' values and dignity aside, some financial declarations also raised red flags on lobbying.
EUobserver examined 400 financial disclosure documents, which MEPs must provide for 2021 to 2023 for the sake of transparency...
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Already a member? Login hereNikolaj Nielsen joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.